Lever Art Gallery

Lever Art Gallery, in full Lady Lever Art Gallery,
Lever Art GalleryRich Daleyin Port Sunlight, a model village founded for workers in Bebington, Cheshire (now in Merseyside), Eng. The museum was a gift to the public of the 1st Viscount Leverhulme, as a memorial to his wife, who died in 1913. The building was begun in 1914 and opened in December 1922. The collection of works exhibited at the gallery was formed by Lord Leverhulme and records his personal taste, which was strongly biased in favour of British works, especially of the Victorian period. There is also a very fine collection of Chinese ceramics and ... (100 of 192 words)